#73AAE0#73AAE0

#73AAE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.098 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73AAE0
RGB	rgb(115, 170, 224)
HSL	hsl(210, 64%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(210, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 24.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -3.41, -32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 32.98, 264.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0354 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.098 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8948, 37.7736, 75.9588)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73AAE0 #E0A973

analogous

#73E0E0 #73AAE0 #7374E0

triadic

#73AAE0 #E073AA #AAE073

tetradic

#73AAE0 #E073E0 #E0A973 #74E073

square

#73AAE0 #E073E0 #E0A973 #74E073

split-complementary

#73AAE0 #E07374 #E0E073

monochromatic

#276DB1 #418CD5 #73AAE0 #A5C8EB #D7E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#73AAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#73AAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73AAE0

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73AAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73AAE0	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ABE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73aae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 170, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.098 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1c3ea',
    500: '#73aae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73aae0;
$custom-light: #a1c3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73aae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.725,
    "s": 63.743,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72104,
    "c": 0.09817,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73AAE0

secondary

#E9D7C6

accent

#721ACC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #73AAE0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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